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> Give Duolingo a try. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, it will at least get you started.

I don't think this is good advice. There are myriads of ways to get you started, so Duolingo doesn't provide additional value in that regard.

The question is: why use Duolingo at all instead of any conceivable alternative out there? What's the upside to Duolingo? Is there any, whatsoever?

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> What's the upside to Duolingo? Is there any, whatsoever?

Uh, it's easy? You install the app, select the course and just start learning pretty much immediately. It got me from "I want to learn japanese one day" to actually learning japanese.

I really have no idea why people are so skeptical about duolingo. Nobody's claiming it should be the only resource but claiming it provides no value whatsoever is just false.

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